[tcb] Re: Gas Guage problems
- From: mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 17:06:12 +0000
No treasure chest accessible from the outside but a lot of space under and
behind the back seat.
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From: Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> No treasure chests?
> That sucks!
>
> mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > On a bay window Double cab you have to remove the rear seat to access
> > the gas tank and then crawl in. I think I would prefer to pull the
> > engine.
> >
> >
> > -------------- Original message --------------
> > From: sammie smith
> > Yeah, but it's a simple fix. All you have to do is spend about
> > $100 on a new sender, remove the engine, remove the fuel tank,
> > replace the sender, and then replace all of the above. Only one
> > hard days job. Or you can do what some cheap VW mechanics do and
> > simply cut a hole in the body above the fuel sender and replace it
> > that way. I hate it when the sender in a bus goes bad. May be
> > better to just wait till the next time you have the engine out and
> > do it then. Course if you have a DC or an SC then it's simple to
> > get the tank out, right Paul?
> >
> > */Eric Woodall /* wrote:
> >
> > First, I don't think there is any adjustment.
> > Did you check to see if the gage is grounded well.
> > If it's not the gage then I can see it being a couple of other
> > things:
> > Is it a bay tank in a split? If so, did you replace the split
> > sender
> > with a bay sender?
> > Could be that the sender is old and has built up crud in the tube
> > causing it to stick 3/4 up and thus not reading full on the gage.
> >
> >
> > Dan wrote:
> > > When my tank is full my gas gauge only reads 3/4's Is there
> > a way to
> > > adjust it?
> > >
> > > -Dan
> > >
> >
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> >
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